diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cea638f1d90..60d97d87eeb 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -14,14 +14,18 @@ You can try Incus online at: [`https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/try-it/`](https -## Fork of Canonical LXD -Incus, which is named after the [Cumulonimbus incus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulonimbus_incus) or anvil cloud is a community fork of Canonical's LXD. +## Project history +Incus, which is named after the [Cumulonimbus incus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulonimbus_incus) or anvil cloud +started as community fork of Canonical's LXD following [Canonical's takeover](https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd/) of the LXD project from the +Linux Containers community. -This fork was made in response to [Canonical's takeover](https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd/) of the LXD project from the Linux Containers community. +The project was then adopted by the Linux Containers community, taking back the spot left empty by LXD's departure. -The main aim of this fork is to provide once again a real community project where everyone's contributions are welcome and no one single commercial entity is in charge of the project. +Incus is a true open source community project, free of any [CLA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contributor_License_Agreement) and +remains released under the [Apache 2.0 license](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0). +It's maintained by the same team of developers that first created LXD. -A migration tool called `lxd-to-incus` is provided to aid with migrating an existing LXD environment over to Incus. +LXD users wishing to migrate to Incus can easily do so through a migration tool called [`lxd-to-incus`](https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/howto/server_migrate_lxd/). ## Get started diff --git a/doc/howto/server_migrate_lxd.md b/doc/howto/server_migrate_lxd.md index e2c39c88035..2dc4407b6f1 100644 --- a/doc/howto/server_migrate_lxd.md +++ b/doc/howto/server_migrate_lxd.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Incus includes a tool named `lxd-to-incus` which can be used to convert an existing LXD installation into an Incus one. -For this to work properly, you should make sure to install the latest stable release of Incus but not initialize it. +For this to work properly, you should make sure to {doc}`install ` the latest stable release of Incus but not initialize it. Instead, make sure that both `incus info` and `lxc info` both work properly, then run `lxd-to-incus` to migrate your data. This process transfers the entire database and all storage from LXD to Incus, resulting in an identical setup after the migration. diff --git a/doc/installing.md b/doc/installing.md index 531e343065d..ecf4219996e 100644 --- a/doc/installing.md +++ b/doc/installing.md @@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ There are two repositories available, one for the current stable release and one Installation instructions may be found here: [`https://github.com/zabbly/incus`](https://github.com/zabbly/incus) -If you prefer a different installation method, see {ref}`installing`. - 1. Allow your user to control Incus Access to Incus in the packages above is controlled through two groups: